New Delhi: After a round of talks with the opposition, the BJP has called a meeting of its Parliamentary Party today to discuss its Presidential candidate. The party has also called its parliamentarians and legislators to Delhi to begin the process of filing nomination. There is no consensus candidate at this point -- with the BJP yet to name its candidate and most of the opposition parties insisting that they can only come to a decision when a name is announced. But the BJP is expected to contact opposition leaders once again after the name of its Presidential candidate is decided. The BJP parliamentary board meeting is expected to be held at noon. It will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah and also the members of the panel formed to build consensus with the opposition -- Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu.

There are speculations that the meeting may come to a conclusion and announce the NDA's presidential candidate today.

BJP ally Shiv Sena, too, has said they cannot endorse a candidate without knowing who it is. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has indicated this to party chief Amit Shah after a meeting in Mumbai yesterday, Sena sources said.

So far, Sena has named 91-year-old agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan and Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of BJP's ideological mentor RSS, as its top choices. In the two last Presidential elections, Shiv Sena has supported Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil - both of whom were UPA candidates.

All BJP lawmakers and ministers have been summoned to Delhi to get the nomination process underway. The elected representatives - all whom will vote in the election - will have to sign the papers nominating the NDA candidate.

A total of four nomination papers have to be submitted -- each needs 50 nominators and 50 seconders. Two days have been allocated for the signature process - June 19 and 20. The nomination is expected to be submitted on June 23. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be present for the submission before he departs for the US the next day.

The Left Front has said if the NDA doesn't announce its candidate by Tuesday, the opposition will announce its own candidate. The Samajwadi Party has indicated that it would prefer a political president.

There was a buzz about Sushma Swaraj being the frontrunner among the candidates, but the external affairs minister has said she is not in the race.